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 DHCP IP Address Range: These two IP values (from and to) define a range of IP
addresses that the DHCP Server uses when assigning addresses to computers and
devices on your Local Area Network. Any addresses that are outside of this range are
not managed by the DHCP Server; these could, therefore, be used for manually
configured devices or devices that cannot use DHCP to obtain network address details
automatically.
 DHCP Lease Time: The amount of time that a computer may have an IP address
before it is required to renew the lease. The lease functions just as a lease on an
apartment would. The initial lease designates the amount of time before the lease
expires. If the tenant wishes to retain the address when the lease is expired then a new
lease is established. If the lease expires and the address is no longer needed than
another tenant may use the address.
 Always Broadcast: If all the computers on the LAN successfully obtain their IP
addresses from the router's DHCP server as expected, this option can remain disabled.
However, if one of the computers on the LAN fails to obtain an IP address from the
router's DHCP server, it may have an old DHCP client that incorrectly turns off the
broadcast flag of DHCP packets. Enabling this option will cause the router to always
broadcast its responses to all clients, thereby working around the problem, at the cost of
increased broadcast traffic on the LAN.
 NetBIOS Advertisement: Check this box to allow the DHCP Server to offer NetBIOS
configuration settings to the LAN hosts. NetBIOS allows LAN hosts to discover all other
computers within the network.
 Learn NetBIOS information from WAN: If NetBIOS advertisement is switched on,
switching this setting on causes WINS information to be learned from the WAN side, if
available. Turn this setting off to configure manually.
 Primary WINS Server IP address: Configure the IP address of the preferred WINS
server. WINS Servers store information regarding network hosts, allowing hosts to
'register' themselves as well as discover other available hosts.
This setting has no effect if the 'Learn NetBIOS information from WAN' is activated.
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